walks the runway during the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 10, 2010 in New York City.

Model Magdalena Frakowiak walks the runway during the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 10, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBS 2) — It was a chilly night on Wednesday outside, but it was hot in Gramercy Park for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

While dozens of girls strutted their stuff on the catwalk, it took an army of people to get those “Angels” off the ground. CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez got a sneak peak behind the scenes.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is the most watched runway show on the planet.

Beautiful girls in over-the-top underwear and sexy lingerie prowl on the catwalk in what’s often called “a night of a thousand fantasies.”

It may be easy on viewers’ eyes, but backstage, it takes a lot of hard work.

“It’s part of the Victoria’s Secret phenomenon,” model Karolina Kurkova said. “It doesn’t just happen on the runway. It kind of all happens a lot behind the scenes, backstage, where we’re getting ready.”

It’s a true case of controlled chaos, as dozens of makeup artists and hair stylists fill the floor to perfect the looks of 33 already stunning “Angels” – a little curling here, some dabbing there, extending this, and painting that.

For the models, maintaining their heavenly bodies requires year-round discipline.

That hasn’t been easy for veteran model Adriana Lima, who just finished losing 50 pounds after the birth of her first child last year.

“Being a mom, working, being a wife, finding time with my friends and finding time to work out,” Lima said. “It’s like, ‘Oh my God,’ with the sleepless nights. ‘How am I going to do this?’”

Lima was chosen to model a $2 million “Miraculous Bra” adorned with 3,000 diamonds and sprinkled with sapphires and topaz stones.

Hazel Sanchez joined CBS 2 in 2000 as a general assignment reporter.
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Prior to WCBS-TV, Sanchez was the weekend anchor/reporter for WBAY-TV Green Bay, WI. During that time, she also hosted and moderated "Teen Connection," a...